Sponsored by
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University
Saturday November 10, 2018
Opening Ceremony:CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
8:30 – 9:00 am
- Kerwin Swint, Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University
- Vincent Jing-Yen Liu, Director General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Atlanta
Panel I:9:00 – 10:20 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Democracy and Political Governance
Chair: John Hsieh, University of South Carolina
- “Taiwan’s Civil-Military Relations and the DPP Government after 2016”
Wei-Chin Lee, Wake Forest University
- “Monuments and Mandates: Transitional Justice, Regime Legitimacy and the Fate of National Memorials in Taiwan and China”
Karl Fields, University of Puget Sound
- “Diversionary Behavior for Weak State Leaders”
Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas
Charles Kuan-Sheng Wu, Purdue University
Discussant: Jessica Liao, North Carolina State University
Panel II: 10:30 – 11:50 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Political Attitudes and Behaviors
Chair: Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas
- “Understanding the Sources and Patterns of Attitudes Toward Minorities in Taiwan”
Pei-Te Lien, University of California, Santa Barbara
Amanda Brush, University of California, Santa Barbara
- “How Do Candidate Selection and Symmetry of Single-Member District and Proportional Representation Affect Parliamentary Party Behavior in Mixed-Member Majoritarian Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and South Korea”
Mi-Son Kim, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- “Personality Traits and Political Participation in Taiwan”
Chia-Hung Tsai, National Chengchi University
Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, Sam Houston State University
Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston
Discussant: Chien-Kai Chen, Rhodes College
Lunch: CL 1009 (Kennesaw Campus)
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Panel III: 1:30 – 2:50 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Taiwan’s Foreign Relations and Diplomatic Initiatives
Chair: Yuan-Kang Wang, Western Michigan University
- “Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Implications for Taiwan”
Tun-Jen Cheng, College of William and Mary
- “Taiwan’s Quest for International Space: Continuity and Adaptation in the Tsai Era”
Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania
- “Establishing Bilateral Trade Agreement Without Mutual Diplomatic Relations: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan”
Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas
Discussant: Yuan-Kang Wang, Western Michigan University
Panel IV: 3:00 – 4:20 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Cross-Strait Relations and Issues
Chair: T. Y. Wang, Illinois State University
- “Cross-Strait Relations in Era of Xi’s China Dream”
John Garver, Georgia Tech
- “Who Do Taiwanese Trust to Engage in Political Negotiation with Beijing?”
Shi-Huei Yang, Columbia University & National Taiwan University
- “China-Taiwan Relations: the Rule of Law and the Rule of ‘Carrots and Sticks’”
Yu-Jie Chen, Academia Sinica
Jerome A. Cohen, New York University
- “How Chinese Legal Advice Websites Imagine a Unified China”
John Wagner Givens, Kennesaw State University
Discussants: T.Y. Wang, Illinois State University
Dalton Lin, Georgia Tech
Roundtable:4:30 – 5:50 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Promoting Taiwan Studies in the U.S.
Chair: Emerson Niou, Duke University
Panelists:
- Brett Benson, Vanderbilt University
- Tsung Chi, Occidental College
- Thomas Gold, University of California, Berkeley
- Vincent Wang, Ithaca College
Sunday November 11, 2018
Panel V: 8:30 – 9:50 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Taiwan’s Political Economy in Regional and Global Contexts
Chair: Penny Prime, Georgia State University
- “China Factor in Taiwan’s New South-bound Policy: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and the Philippines”
Karl Ho, University of Texas, Dallas
Tim Chen, Soochow University
Kuan-Chen Lee, Academia Sinica
- “The Polarization of Cross-Strait Relations since 2016”
- Philip Hsu, National Taiwan University
- “Taiwan’s Energy (In) Security: Challenges to Growth and Development”
Prachi Aggarwal, Sanchi University
Discussant: Dina Moulioukova, University of Miami
Panel VI: 10:00 – 11:20 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)
Young Scholars Panel
Chair: Tse-min Lin, University of Texas, Austin
- “Does Income Inequality Hurt Democracy? Evidence From East Asian Democracies”
Yi-Tzu Lin, University of South Carolina
- “Critical Citizens, Democratic Satisfaction, and Support in Asian Democracies”
Yu-Ceng Liao, University of Houston
- “Smart Diplomacy: The Case for Taiwan’s Southbound Strategy”
Adnan Rasool, Georgia State University
Discussant: Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, Sam Houston State University
Lunch: CL 1009 (Kennesaw Campus)
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
